Full Text of SR1922 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Margaret Jean (Paulsen) Young of | 4 | | Waukegan, who passed away on July 9, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Young was born in Manistique, Michigan in | 6 | | 1929; she grew up in Brimley, Michigan, and her family later | 7 | | moved to Illinois; she graduated from Zion-Benton High School; | 8 | | she took aviation lessons while in high school, owned a Harley | 9 | | Davidson motorcycle, and won a joint motorcycle race in 1949; | 10 | | while working full-time, she earned her associate's degree from | 11 | | the College of Lake County, her bachelor's degree from | 12 | | Northwestern University in 1979, and her Master of Business | 13 | | Administration from the Lake Forest Graduate School of | 14 | | Management; she recently hosted her 47th high school reunion in | 15 | | her home; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Young served the City of Waukegan for | 17 | | over 20 years, initially as the Deputy Clerk and then later as | 18 | | Waukegan's City Collector; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Young founded the Waukegan Women's City | 20 | | Club and served as its president; she was an active member of | 21 | | the Lake County Chapter of the American Business Women's | 22 | | Association (ABWA) and served on the boards for the YWCA and |
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| 1 | | the Salvation Army; she organized and participated in the | 2 | | XYZingers group; for many years, she attended Calvary Temple | 3 | | Church, and she later attended St. John's Church of Christ in | 4 | | Waukegan; she was an active member of book clubs and the Merry | 5 | | Widows Club, and she enjoyed meeting her fellow Waukegan City | 6 | | Hall retirees at luncheons; she enjoyed tracing her ancestry | 7 | | and traveling internationally with friends and family; she | 8 | | loved life and was fiercely loyal; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Young was preceded in death by her | 10 | | husband of 48 years, Travis; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Young is survived by her son, William | 12 | | (Stephanie) Young; her grandchildren, Rachel, Rebecca, and | 13 | | Jonathan Young; her siblings, Dorothy, Robert, Harold, and | 14 | | Richard; her many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and | 15 | | grandnephews; and her many friends; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Margaret Jean (Paulsen) Young and extend our sincere | 19 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 20 | | her; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Margaret Young as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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